Combined cork-holder and bottle-stopper for bottles.



J. M. SELDEN. COMBINED CORK A"HOLDER AND BOTTLE STOPPER FOR BOTTLES.

APPLIGATION FILED 00T. 26. 1906.

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yPATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. SELDEN, OF GRAFTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 190'?.

Application ned october 26,1906. sel-a1 No. 340,674.y

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES M. SELDEN, a resident of Grafton, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Cork-Holder and Bottle-Stopper for Bottles; and I do hereby declare the folwhich can be used for holdingthe ordinary' cork on and within a bottle-neck and one which can easily and quickly be removed with the cork, so that it can be'us'ed with such cork as a bottle-stopper.

My invention consists, generally stated, in

' the novel arrangement, construction, and

combination of parts, as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described, and particularly ointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct and use my improved cork-holder and bottlestopper, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which-V Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle-neck,

showing my invention applied thereto. Fig.-

2 is a vertical central section of the same'. Fig. 3 is a top view of the cork-holding device. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 5 is a central vertical section of the same.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like parts in each of the figures of the drawin s.

gAs illustratedin said drawings, 1 represents the neck of any ordinary approved form or shape of a bottle, having the usual aperture or opening 2 in and through the same and the rounded edge 3 on the upper end 4 thereof. Engaging witlrthe end 4 of the bottle-neck 1 is a ring 5, which acts as a combined corkholder and bottle-stopper, as hereinafter described, and' is preferably formed of glass. This ring 5 is provided with an opening 6 through the same and with an annular rounded recess 7, formed on the bottom 8 thereof for fitting over and around the rounded end edge 3 on the bottle-neck 1. The top 9 of thering 5 is rounded, as at 10, and a series of indentations 11 is formed in the outer face of the ring to form the serrated face 12. The opening 6 within the ring 5 is inclined or outwardly iiaring from the bottom S to the top 9, as at 13, to form the contracted end 6', and within the wall 14 for forming said opening a series of indentations 15 is formed to provide for a serrated face 16, and such indentations are inclined or flared in the same direction as the opening 6 is said ring.

The' manner of using my improved combined cork-holder and bottle-stopper is as follows: The ring 5 is placed on the end 4of the bottle-neck 1, so that its recess 7 fits over and around the roundedA edge 3 on said end, and while being held in this position in any suitable manner or by any suitable means the ordinary cork 17 is driven down into the ring 5 and neck 1 through the openings 6 and 2, respectively, therein lby any suitable pressure or means. When the cork 17 has been thus driven down to place within the ring 5 and-neck 1, the upper part 18 of the same will be flush with the top 9 of said ring, which will leave the lower part 19 of the same eX- tending below said ring to engage with the upper end 4 of said neck. On account of the dampened condition of the cork 17 either in being pressed into the ring 5 and neck 1 or when in use on the neck by its contact with the fluid in the bottle the portion of the side wall 20 of said cork below the contracted bottom end 6 of the ring-opening 6 and indentations 15 will press firmly into the opening 2 of the bottle-neck and will so hold the same to said neck, while the portion of the said wall 2O of said cork above said contracted end 6 and within said ring will fill out and extend into the inclined indentations 15 in the face 16 of the ring-opening 6 to firmly hold the same within said ring. When it is desired to remove the cork 17 from the neck l for the purpose of opening the bottle` to use the contents thereof, the ring 5 is grasped with the fingers around the serrated face 12 thereof, and by turning the same the cork 17 within the same will be also turned so that the lower portion 19 of said cork will become loosened from the opening 2 in the neck 1. After this is done and by turning and pulling up on the ring 5 the lower part 19 on the cork 17 will be freed from the opening 2 in the bottle-neck 1, so that the ring and cork can be lifted out of said neck and afterward be used as a stopper for such bottle when desired by simply inserting the lower portion of said cork within the said bottle-neck opening.

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Various modifications and changes in the design and construction of my improvedcombined cork-holder and bottle-stopper may be resorted without departing from the spirit ofy the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

It will thus be seen that my improved combined cork-holder and stopper for bottles canl be easily and cheaply manufactured and will' enable a cork to-befirml'y and* tightly held within a bottle-neck untilE it is desiredl to remove they same to openy the bottlet'ouse its contents. It can be easilyl and quickly removed' from the bottle whenV desired, and upony removalv can again be insertedfin the bottl`e-neck andi used? as a stopper. The device will overcome the turningl off' they cork' within the same and will; also overcome-theA possible4 leaving of the lower portion1 of" the cork within thel bottle-neck' by breakagev oi said cork, as the device cannot be'pushed' olil the neck of the bottle until aiteritis turnedi bottles over the present methods of corking, as it will protect the neck of the bottle during corking, while at the same time any leakage through glass Stoppers on small bottles is overcome.

What Iclaim as my invention, and desire y to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1". The combination of a bottle-neck, a cork, and a removable ring on the end of said neck having an opening therein which has its wallared outwardly towardl the top of the same and said iiared'wall: having a seriesl of projections extending" out therefrom and formingl indentations thereiny orholding'and carrying said' cork within theY same and for permit-ting the cork to extend into lsaid neck.

2*. The combination' of a bottle-neck, al cork, and a removable ring on the end of saidl neck having an opening therein provided with azseries of indentations in" the wall ofthe` same for-holding'andlcarrying saidcork wit-hin the same and'for permittingthe'cork to eX'- tend into'the'said neck, said-indentations being outwardly l'ared'fromthe bottom-oi1 said rm lgh testimony whereof I, the-saidI JAMES M. SELDEN, have hereunto set my hand JAMES M.I SELDEN'. Witnesses: s

J. N.CooKE, WM. R. MoCoMMoN. 

